I forget the rest, a poem

Hey Hart Beat. I’ve been going through a lot of old tumblr and blog posts the last couple of days and I keep finding these miscellaneous quotes. Often time I love the saying so much I want to share it with you immediately here but when I go to find the source it’s often misquoted or attributed to the wrong person. This Walt Whitman quote is just the case. “We were together. I forgot the rest.” What a great line, unfortunately/ fortunately the poem bellow is where the tumblr image originally came from. Either way I love the sentiment and I hope you do too, Hart Beat.

Once I Pass’d Through a Populous Cityby Walt WhitmanOnce I pass’d through a populous city imprinting my brain for futureuse with its shows, architecture, customs, traditions,Yet now of all that city I remember only a woman I casually metthere who detain’d me for love of me,Day by day and night by night we were together—all else has longbeen forgotten by me,I remember I say only that woman who passionately clung to me,Again we wander, we love, we separate again,Again she holds me by the hand, I must not go,I see her close beside me with silent lips sad and tremulous.

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I love that! What a lovely sentiment, regardless of to whom the quote is attributed! What a treat to read this poem by Walt Whitman. I hope you’re having a great day, with lots of sunshine and happiness!

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